Eye set



March 10, 1931. s. MARCUS ET AL, 1,795,729

EYE SET Filed March 17, 1928 4 Sheets-Sheet l IN VEN TORJ' Samuel Mart na m ATTORNEY Marvh 10, 1931. v s. MARCUS ET AL 1,795,729

EYE SET I Fil ed March 17, 1928 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTORS Samuel Marczw fllezander lafor wff Wu ATTORNEY March 10, 1931.

S. MARCUS ET AL EYE SET Filed March 17, 1928 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTORX Samuel Mara Alelarzaer [zwzoff March 10, 1931. s. MARCUS ET AL ,7

EYE SET Fi-led March 17, 1928 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 INVENTORS i'a'muelj farcua W A TTORW Patented Mar. 10, 1931 U NIT s n; states SAMUEL MARCUS, or niveanann, enn ALEXANDER KONOFF, oFfNEw YORK, N: Y.,

ASSIGN-ORS T-O Mann-om MANUFACTURING 00., INC., on NEW YORK, N. 'Y., A con- IORATION OF NEW YORK EYE SET ApplicationfilediMareh 17, 1928. 'SeriaLNo'. 262,446.

This invention relates'to improvements in eye sets, such as are used 111 dolls and-like toy-s.

An object of the invention is to provide 3 improved-means by which the two eyes of a set are mounted and b'y which eyes ofa given size may. be connected for use in doll heads of different sizes.

A further object is to provide improved means enablin'g'the eyes to automaticallytadust themselves with respect to ings of the doll head.

A further ob 'ect the eye openis to provide improved means whereby the two eyes are; substantially universally adjustable to facilitate their 1 position of the doll head and without interfering with the automatic movement of the eyes with respect to each other.

A further object is to provide'against the possibility of any of the adjustable'parts' of the structure being. interfered with during any. dipping or bending'of the eye set after assembly. h I

A. further object is to provide an improved form of bumper element employed in'limiting movement of the eyes relative to the head;

A further object istfo provide an eye set as indicatedan'd in wli-ich'the" weiglitcarry in g arms may be attached directly to the eyes been completely assembled with-theircarrying'parts'.

Other object s'and aims of" the invention, more or less 'specificthan those referred to above, will be in par-t obvious and in part pointedoutinthe course o'h'the followingdescription' of the elements, combinations, arrangements of parts and applications of principles constituting the invention; and the scope-of protection contemplated will be indicatedin the appended claims.

In the accompanying to be taken" as a part of this specification,

open and by adjustabl'e connections after the eyes have drawings which are and 'in which we have shown merely a: pre- :Eerred form of embodiment of the invent'1on:

Flg'. 1 is a'rear view of an eye set eonst'ructed inaccordance withth'is invention," the set being shown imposition withina doll head, the latter being illustrated in'vertical section, and w art of the 'eyeset beingbroken away and shown in verticalsection for better disclosure of details of construction Fig. 2 isahorizontal sectionalview taken substantially upon' the planeof line IIII of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3is a' vertical sectional View taken-substantially upon theplane of line III-III of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4" is i an enlarged detail sectional view taken-substantially upon the plane of line IV-Jf-V of Fig. 1

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective View of the improved bumper'e'lement' employed in con- H;

nection with the gravity weight.

6 is a view similar toFig. tratlng a modified form-of connection between the weight armsand the eye structures, according'to' which the weight arms may be attached subsequent tothe assembly of the completed eyes with their supporting parts; I

Fig. 7 is a horizontal sectional View taken substantially upon the plane, of line VII-VII of Fig. 6. Y i

Fig. 8 is an enlarged vertical sectional View taken substantially upon the plane of line VIIIYIII of Fig. 6. I

Fig. 9 is a view similar to Figs. 1- and. 6 but illustrating a still further modified form of connection between the eyes and the weight carryingarms according to which the parts permitting automatic adjustment as between the eyes andthe weight carrying arms is removed from the immediate region of the eyes.

Fig. 10 is ahorizontal sectional View taken substantially upon the plane of line X X of Fig. 9..

1 but illus- Fig. 11 is anenlarged verticalsectiona-l taken upon the plane of line XII-XII of Fig. 9.

Fig. 13 is a view similar to Figs. 1, 6 and 9 but illustrating yet a further modified form of connection between the eyes 7 and the weight carrying arms.

Fig. 1 1 is a horizontal sectional View taken upon the plane of line XlVXlV of Fig. 13, and

Fig. 15'is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken substantially upon the plane of line XVXV of Fig. 13.

Referring to the drawings for describing in detail the structures illustrated therein, and referring first to the structure shown in Figs. 1 to 5, the reference character L indicates a doll head or the like. This is hollow as is usual and is provided with openings as 1 and 2 therein serving as eye sockets.

Interiorly of the head is arranged a horizontal cross rod 3 upon the opposite end portions of whichthe eyes G and H are carried.

The cross rod 3 may be supported within the doll head in any appropriate manner, that illustrated being merely exemplary and including a bracket member as 4: which is fixed by its upper end to the inner surface of the doll head as at 5 and is provided'with a hearing or bearings as 6-6 at its lower end within which the central portion of the cross rod is received, being either slidable and rotatable and otherwise loosely carried by said hearings, or being held rigidly within said bearings, as preferred.

The bracket member 1 may be resilient, or it may contain any of the well known features for urging the cross rod. and the eyes. forwardly so that the eyes will press yieldingly against the walls of the sockets 1 and The eyes G and H may be formed of any appropriate material, such as celluloid, sheet metal or otherwise. They are of identical construction and consist essentially of hollow semispherical shells as 7 having attached to their otherwise open rear sides a back plate fl. An iris as 9 is pictured in. appropriate position upon the outer spherical surface. Each is provided with a side opening as 10 in appropriate position ther-ethrough through which the cross rod extends into the interior of the shell. This opening is sufiiciently larger in all directions than the diameter of the cross rod so that the shell will be free for adjustment about various axes will be presently referred to and without undesirable interference from the cross rod.

The back plates 88 are formed separately from the shell and are held in position upon and relative to the shell by suitable means such as tangs 1111 which intereugage between the shell and the'plate. in the instance illustrated these tangs are formed upon the shell. Prior to the attachment of the back plate they project rearwardly of the shell but after the back plate has been placed in position they are bent over upon a id against the rear surface of the plate and thus bind the plate and shell together. The connection however is not intended to be ri 'id, but rather to provide for a rotary adjustment of the shell with respect to the plate about a horizontal axis transverse to the length of the cross rod. Suitable notches as 1212 are provided in the edge of the plate for receiving the tangs, and the connection is otherwise of the same type and operation as has been'inore fully set forth in the patent of Alexander Konoif No. 1,580,051, issued April 6th, 1926.

The shell, or iris carrying portion, of each eye is thus independently adjustable upon the mentioned horizontal axis for purposes which are well known to those skilled in the art to which this invention belongs, it being noted further however that the connection between the plates and the shells such as to frictionally retain these parts in any position to which they are adjusted with respect 7 to each other.

Each of the back plates 8 has a portion thereon bent to constitute an elongated sleeve as 13 adapted to loosely telescope over the cross rod and thus hold the eyes connected with the cross rod freely rotatable about the cross rod and freely slidable longitudinally of the cross rod.

The form of the back plate is such that at the. region where the sleeve 13'is connected with the remainder of the plate there is pro vided a relatively weakened section as which is bendableto' provide for a manual adjustment of the eye shell about a vertical axis transverse to the length of the cross red, the nature of the material from which the plate is formed serving of course to retain the eye approsiimately in the position to which it is adjustably moved by the mentioned bending at the point 14:.

Each back plate is provided with an abutment portion as 15 disposed in position to be engaged by, or to engage, the adjacent end of the cross rod for thereby limiting relative movement of the eye and cross rod in one direction. This abutment may take any appropriate form but in the instance illustrated is shown to consist merely of a part of the sheet metal of the back plate stamped out and bent across the path of the cross rod. v

It will be seen that as thus far described the eye set includes two complete eyes which are carried at opposite ends of the cross rod freely movable within ample limits toward and away from each other for enablingtheir automatic movement into proper register with the eye sockets of the doll head by the mere act of placing the eye set within the head and the eyes being as yet freely rotatable with respect to each other upon a common horizontal axis and being independently manually adjustable upon axes transverse to the length of the cross and vertically. p p

The abutments 15, or their equivalent as above referred to, will provide means to engage the cross ro'd3 for limiting movement of the eyes toward each-other but no means.

is as yet included; for holding the eyes against movement away fromeach other oii of the ends of the cross rod during the time While the eye set is being handled as for instance preparatory to attachment into'the dol l head.

A pair of weightarms as 161-6 is provided, servin not only for carrying a weight as 17 for the gravity control of the eyes, and for connecting tli'eeyes together for, insuring their simultaneous rotary movement about orwith the cross rod, but also for holding the eyes in any position to which they may be rotated with respect to each other aboi'it the cross rod.

Each of these armsis provided with a portion as 18 which extends vertically across the rear of the adjacent back plate 8 and carries an attaching part 19 which projects forwardl'y through an opening as 20 provided to receive it through the back plate, the part 19 being cut away as at 21 to straddle loose-1y about the sleeve 13, and having a pair of grooves as 22 and '23 provided in its edges for receiving upper and lower edge portions as 24 and 25 respectively of the back plate, said edges 24' and '25 being the edge walls of the opening'20 and being in' substantially parallel 'relation'to each other longitudinally. of thecross rod so as to constitute guide-ways permitting free movement ofthe eye with respect to the weight arm in a 'directionv longitudinally of the cross rod but always holding the eye and weight arm against any relative movement rotatably' oi the cross rod;

Any appropriate means'ma'y be employed for retaining the parts 19'agai'nst excessive movement longitudinally of the cross rod alongthe opening 20 but in the instance illustrated this is accomplished by the presenceof an end Wall as 26 for limiting movement in one direction and projecting portions as 27 of adjacent tangs 12 for limiting move-- ment in the other direction, there being however ample space between the stops 26 and 27 for permitting the desired amount of relative movement of the part 19. v

The upper end portion of each of the weight arms may be extended to constitute a resilient bumper, as 28 for engaging against an adjacent surface portion of the doll head to limit the closing? movement of the eyes, and any appropriate means may be provided at the lower end of the weight arms for engaging the head to limit the opening movement of the eyes, as for instance by providing a resilient bumper as 29 formed as apart of the weight 1-7 after the manner suggested in the co-pending application of Samuel.

rodiboth horizontally I in plane parallel with the plate 8, thus readily facilitating the provision of the resilient extension 28 and at the same time spacing the main part of the arm from the plate 8, as at: 30,9102 as not to interfere with adjustment ot the eye about its vertical axis mu: -er'se'ot the crossi roda Thejparallel relationship of the weight a' r miwith respect to the back plate 8 also permits of an easy manual bending of either or both ofithe weight arms, as at the pointsifl tor adjusting speet to-each other or with respect to the positionotthe'wei'ght I'Z. I

The mannerof connecting theweight arms with the weightli may take any: appro? priate form but since it is a purpose of the present improvement to provide for-the use ofeyes and' weight arms of. a given size in dol l heads of different sizes or proportions a simplemeans isillu'strated to' this end which '85 the eyes rotatabl-y of the cross rod. with rep consists-in making the liowerportio'ns ofthe weight arms toextend diagonally-downward;- ly and toward each other to their point at connectionwith the weight. Thelower ends preferably overlap each other within the jaws as 32, and 33 of the weighty Beingot' sheet metal these overlapping parts are'r-eazdily received bet-ween the, weight jaws and may be clampedfirmly together and? to the Weight by saidjaws, it being understood that; it is intended that the weight jaws shall bent into firm clamping engagement with the weight arms after-the weight. arms have been.

loosely placed in appropriate positions tween said jaws, as in the general manner set forth in t l iementioned pending application Serial No. 216,804.

After the weight arms have been fixed together by means of the weight jaws and the eye attaching parts 1910i said arms are there- 1 by held against unintentional movement with respect to each other said parts 19' thereafter SiiiLl'lCl to be engaged by the stops 26' and27 forlimiting the free, or automatic,movement ofthe eyes toward and away from each, and i:

the entire structure is thus held insu ch an assembled relation as to permit itshandling asan entity for attachment into-the dollhead, the loose play between the parts 19: and the stops 26-27 enabling the eyes matically along the cross rod as may be demanded by their engagement with the Walls of the eye sockets of the head. 7

After the eyes have been placed imposito: move auto- 3 tion within the sockets of the head the brack- 5 1 0 et 4 is then attached to the head for supporting the set upon the head.

In the co-pending application Serial No. 216,804 above mentioned a resilient bumper element is illustrated as a part of the weight therein. The resilient bumper element 29 in the present application is designed as an improvement upon the bumper element shown in said pending application in that the present bumperelement consists simply of a cutoff section of hemp or similar rope, made up of longitudinally extending fibres or bristles twisted. together, as illustrated in Fig. 5. By cutting-0E a short section of such material and clamping it within the tubular part as 34 of the weight so that a part of the length of the cut-off section projects from said part 34 the projecting part is made to consist of a tuft of hairs or bristles projecting endwise from the part 84 and adapted to abut endwise against the doll head wall.

A very desirable cushion element is thus provided which is extremely cheap to manufacture but which nevertheless is almost entirely silent when striking the doll head in use.

At the same time the twisted together character of the fibres or bristles, even in the short section cut-off from the length of rope, serves to hold the fibres or bristles in proper assembly with each other for handling prior to and during attachment in the part 84 of the weight.

In the modification Figs. 6 to 8 the struc ture is of the same general form as that already described except with regard to the parts which engage between the eyes and the cross rod for connecting the eyes freely movable upon the cross rod, and except with regard to the manner in which the weight arms areconnected with the back plates of the eyes, the purpose of the structure shown in this modification being to provide more eflicient means for enabling the assembly of complete eyes upon the cross rod prior to the attachment of the wei ht arms to said eyes.

In the structure Figs. 6 to 8 the back plate, here designated as 35, is provided with a pair of forwardly extending lugs as 36 and 37 spaced apart, said lugs being provided with aligned bearing openings as 3838 for receiving the cross rod therethrough collectively. These lugs are provided upon a central portion as 39 of the back plate which portion is connected with the remainder of the back plate by reduced neck parts as 4040 one above and one below the horizontal plane of the cross rod, said parts 40 being relatively weak and being bendable to thereby provide for manual adjustment of the eyes upon vertical axes transverse of the cross rod in substantially the same manner as described with respect to the part 14 in the previous structure.

Centrally of the portion 39 each back plate is provided with an opening 41 therethrough.

' The weight arms are provided each with an attaching part 42 which extends through the adjacent opening 41 for holding the weight arm connected with the eye.

lies flat against the rear surface of the central portion 39 of'the back plate, and the attaching part 42 is formed as a lateral extension irom this portion 43, being bent forwardly through the opening 41 and being then again bent into parallelism with the back plate for underlying a part of the back plate as at 44 adjacent to the opening 41 and thus preventing unintentional disconnection of the weight arm from the back plate. 7 It will be seen by this arrangement that the attaching parts or extensions 42 of the back plates co-operate with the walls of the openings 41 to guide the weight arms with respect to the eyes during any relative movement of these parts, while the portions 42 by their engagement with the relatively forward surface of the back plate prevent detachment of the weight arms from the eyes. The eyes are however free to move longitudinally of the cross rod toward and away from each other within the limits of the length of the openings 41 at all times, for instance when the eye set is being placed within the doll head and the eyes automatically find their positions within the eye sockets of the head.

The eye shells are adjustable rotatably with respect to each other about the longi- The Weight arm has a main portion as 43 which tudinal axis of the cross rod, by bending at the points 31 as in the previous figures. They are adjustable about vertical axes transverse to the length of the cross rod by'means of the weakened portions 40, and they are adjustable about horizontal axes transverse to the cross rod by means of the frictional connection between the eye shells and the back plates, substantially as in the previous figures.

Although the eyes may be roughly adj usted toward or away from each other longitudinally of the cross rod prior to the bin dmg together of the two welght arms, the finer adjustment of the eyes toward and away from each other is automatically performed, as in the previous figures.

In the modification Figs. 9 to 12 the structure is substantially the same as already described with respect to the structure Figs. 6.

to 8 except that in this modification the joint between the weight arms and the eyes, which joint provides for-the automatic adjustment of the eyes when placing the set within a doll head, is removed from the immediate region of the eyes. The purpose of this arrangement is to enable the eyes to be readily and con veniently painted, as for instance by a dipping process, without likelihood of the paint :material getting into and interfering'with.

' sity and have openings as 4E6 thereincorresponding with the openings 41 above referred to. The weight arms,here designated by (the, reference numeral 4,7,.are made correspondingly shorter than inthe previous structures and have head parts as ,48 atthfeir upper ends corresponding With the parts 43 above mentioned, for lying against the surfacesof the extensions 45, said head parts being provided with extensions 49 corresponding with 'the extensions 4:2 above and extending through the openings .46 and having rubbing: engagement against the forward surtaces of the extensions 45, the joint beingthus substantially identical with the joints shown in Figs. 6 to ,8 but being placed below the horizontal planeolf the eyes instead of directly at the rearlofthezeyes. e p

, It will be appreciated by this arrangement that the parts fornung the joints will not be likely .to receive any paint, whiehwonld obstruct their easy; movement, during the operation of painting or, coloring the eye shells. The eye shells may ,be dipped either wholly or in parties, may be required, without necesforldipping the joint forming parts. The exte-nsions 4C5 ofthe back plates may hen-integral portions of said back platesif desired but as illustrated herein said extensions are iormedas parts of separate members 5.0 fixed rigidly to theback plate, as means oftangs or other fastening devices as 5drslat r ngaging'betwemtheb k plates and said separate members; said separate mem- .bers beingflalso s'hownas having upward y extending-resilient portions as 52 thereon serving .as .buinpers in the same manner as ],1eretofore.:described.

The structureillustrated .in the modification Figs. 13 to 15 is the same as-thetrn ctures heretofore described except with regard j to the manner of connecting'theeyeswith the ,cross'rodand with the welg'ht arms;

, It is suggested by this modification that if desiredeach eye shell and its ba k Plat maybe formed .as a single integral part, the

provision forrelat'ive adjustment of the eye shells upon horlzontal axes transverse to the lengthof the cross. rod being of course absent ,tially of a bridge as 51 spanning vertieally a ro the rear of the eye shell, and fhav ng side lugs as 52and 53 thereon, correspond ng with theilngsi however afirom this arrangement.

As a matter of ,fact the haCk-plateshown in the strnctureFigs. 13 to 15 eons stsessentur e Figs; :6Qto 8, and saidfbridge "hating a ooeni'n s 58, therethrough for receiving the ro qd The lugs 57 are of a width to snugly fit within the length'iofthe openings 44 but are offathiokness, with respect to the width of 1 said openings 4ft, to provide for a desirable ted movement of the lugs in -amountlof' lii 1 itud-rnally of the cross rod a direction loin g wlthlnsaid openings. I

'f fhe open 1ngs'58 ofthe lugs are elongated so ,as to permit alimited free movel'nent oi the lugs into or out or the openings 5} said openings '58 being however of a width to snugly receive the cross rod to thereby 'co operate with-the end walls o'fthe openings 54- in preventing any appreciable rotary movement of the eyes "ab'out jthe cross rod without corresponding movement of the weight arms. v I

Rotary adjustmentof the eyes withrespeet to each other'about the cross rod may be accomplished as heretofore by bending of the weight arms as at the points 59 59. 7

In assembling this strncture it is simply necessary to placethe 'lhgs57 of the weight armsflzhrongh the openings 5atxoiftheeyes and thenthreadthe crossrod through the'n'iating openings ofthe'flugs' 52, 53 and 57', thepresenee of the cross "rod serving thereafter to preventrpgssible separation of the eyes from thecross-rod and weightarms. The eyes, with the weight arms; may be roughly moved to any desired position longitudinally of the cross rod and the (Weight "17 applied to hold the Weight arms against further" relative Jnove nent, the e yes being'left however for a ;omatic'adjuistment with respect to each other when theeye set isbeing placed within -i llheade he 'fo f The lugs "52 -a'n d 53jhave bearingapertures within which thecrossrod is snuglyfittod but providingforeasy longitndinal and lo j-tary movement of the upon the cross rod inthe same manner asin the previous Itwill be understood that by making the ,fieient loose play isthereby provided for preventinglanybinding'effect upon the cross rod during u stment ofthe parts, also that gliedter ease of assembly s thus "afforded.

' Itsho ildbe mentionedhere that if desired the bridg "51 ma; comprise part of a sepashells are rotatable about horizontal axes in the same manner as in the previous figures. As many changes could be made 111 this construction without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the following claims, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description, or shown in the accompanying drawings, shall be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described ourvinvention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is r 4 1. An eye set comprising a pair of eyes, a cross rod extending between said eyes, means connecting the eyes with the cross rod providing free movement of the eyes longitudinallyof the cross rod, a pair of weight arms, means connecting the weightarms with the eyes respectively providing free movement of the eyes in a direction longitudinally of the cross rod without corresponding movementof the weight arms, and a weight for said weight arms connected thereto serving to hold the weight arms against movement in the direction of length of the cross rod.

2. An eye set comprising a pair of eyes, a cross rod extending between said eyes, means connecting the eyes with the cross rod providing free movement of the eyes longitudinally of the cross rod, a pair of weight arms, means connecting the weight arms with the eyes respectively providing free movement of the eyes in a direction longitundinally of the cross rod without corresponding movement of the weight arms, the weight arms being separately formed however and movable toward and away from each other at will, and a weight for said weight arms comprising parts to grip the weight arms for holding said arms against move ment out of a desired adjusted position with respect to each other. 7

An eye set comprising a pair of eyes, a cross rod extending between said eyes, means connecting the eyes with the cross rod providing free movement of the eyes rotatably and longitudinally of the cross rod, a pair of weight arms, means connecting the weight arms with the eyes respectively providing'free movement. of the eyes in a direction longitudinally of the cross rod without corresponding movement oi the weight arms, the weight arms being separately formed and movable toward and away from each other at will, means for connecting the weight arms together to retain them against relative movement toward and away from each other, and said weight arms being bendable to facilitate rotary movement of the eyes with respect to each other about the cross rod.

4. Aneye set comprising a pair of eyes, a cross rod extending between said eyes, means connecting the eyeswith the cross rod providing free movement of the eyes longitudinally of the cross rod, a pair of weight arms,back plates attached to the eyes having slots therein extending in a direction longitudinally of the cross rod, the weight arms respectively having portions extending into said slots and notched to loosely "receive edge wall parts of said slots whereby to permit and guide relative movement of the eyes and weight arms in a direction longitudinally of the cross rod and whereby to cause movement of the eyes with the weight arms rotatively of the cross rod, and a weight device arranged for connecting the weight arms against movement with respect to each other. a

5. An eye set comprisinga pair of eyes, a cross rod extending between said eyes, means connecting the eyes with the cross rod providing free movement of the eyes longitudinally of the cross rod, apair of weight arms, back plates attached to the eyes having slots therein extending in a direction longitudinally of the cross rod, the weight arms respectively having portions extending into said slots and notched to loosely receive edge wall parts of said slots whereby to permit and guide rela tive movement of the eyes and weight arms in a direction longitudinally of the cross rod and whereby to cause movement of the eyes with the weight arms rotatively of the cross rod, a

weight device arranged for connecting the weight arms against movement with respect to each other, and means for attaching the back plates to the eyes having parts disposed to constitute stops in the length of the slots of said back plates for limiting relative movement of the eyes with respect to the weight arms. 1 V

6. An eye set comprising a pair of eyes, a cross rod extending between said eyes, back plates arranged one in each of said eyes hav-' ing sleeve portions telescoping over the cross rod and providing free longitudinal and rotary movement'of the eyes with respect to the cross rod, said back plates including relatively weak portions by which the sleeve portions are connected with the remainder of the back plate thereby to provide for rotary adjustment of the eyes upon axes transversely of the cross rod said back plates each having a slot extending longitudinally in the direction of length of the cross rod. and gravity control .means for the eyes slidably engaging the opposing walls ofsaid slot.

7. An eye set comprising a pair of eyes, means by which said eyes may be rotatably mounted within a doll head and by which the eyes are freely movable toward and away from each other, a pair of weight arms one for each of said eyes, the eyes each having a slotted back plate connected thereto, the

a weight arms having parts intended to rest against the rear surfaces of said back plates and having extensions intended to project through said slots and to overlie inner surface portions of said back plates,said extensions being readily insertable or removable from said slots by an abnormal movement of the weight arms, and a weight for attachment with the Weight arms to holdthem against almormal movement in use.

8. A bumper for gravity controlled eye sets, said bumper comprising a group of fibres arranged side by side and twisted together, and holding means for holding said fibres twisted together and in operative position with the fibres extending longitudinally in the general direction of impact, said holding means being weigl'ity and having an extending part by which to connect it with the eyes to be controlled.

9. An eye set comprising a pair of eyes, means by which said eyes may be rotatably mounted within a doll head and by which the eyes are freely movable toward and away from each other, a pair of separately formed weight arms one for each eye, each weight arm and its respective eye having parts cooperative to hold the weight arm assembled with the eye but leaving the weight arm movable into an abnormal position to enable dis-. assembly of the weight arm from the eye, the

two weight arms having parts extending into proximity with each other, and a weight member holding said extending parts connected together and thereby holding the weight arms against movement into abnormal positions.

In testimony whereof we afiiX our signatures.

SAMUEL MARCUS. ALEXANDER KONOFF. 

